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The man gaped at Lotus and Aster. Where had they come from? he thought furiously. Willow took notice of the loosening of his arms and wriggled out of his grasp. Staggering back a view paces, she looked furiously at the man and yelled, "How dare you!"

Sabella jumped out in front of the alleyway entrance and shouted at the man with her foil in her hand, "You have nowhere to go now!" Lotus smirked disparagingly and stepped out towards the man. She added, "It's your own fault you attacked the girl, because now you're dead." Aster sighed and stayed back behind his sister. He pulled out his cell phone and called the police.

The man moaned in despair, eyes fleeting from one person to the other, looking for a way to get out. Soon, though, sirens started wailing and the police arrived and arrested the man. "Is this your sports club? They fight crime?" Willow asked, curiously.

For a moment, Sabella didn't notice that Willow was talking to her. But then she blinked, startled, and replied, "Yep. Now do you want to join? We do allow the most talented middle schoolers, like you, to join the club though."

Willow hesitated still. "I'm grateful for you to rescue me like that, but...First of all, I'm not very courageous. And, well, the only sport I do gymnastics. And ribbons and balls and hoops aren't very, well, crime fighting equipment."

Willow said tentatively, "Could I give it a try-out? Also, Tam will need to know what he's gotten himself into. Also, how often do we go after bad people? And how long are the meetings? I really don't want to miss my gymnastics class, because my parents pay a lot for them."

Sabella was intimidated at all the questions Willow was asking her. However, she answered somewhat diffidently, "Um, sure, about the try-out, and...the bad people, it kind of depends on how many bad people there are. The meetings are typically thirty minutes but they can be longer, and we would tell you ahead of time if there will be a long meeting though..." Then, from the periphery of her vision, she saw Aster and Lotus walking towards them. Lotus waved and called genially, "Hey, Sabella and Willow!"

EDIT: By the way, I think I'm going to change Aster and Lotus' grades again. Because since Aster's the smart and popular one, he should be a junior so prom and semifinalist stuff counts for him...therefore Lotus would be a sophomore so she'd still have experience! ohonhonhon it works so very well

BIC: Willow nodded slowly. "I suppose I'll be able to attend those meetings and stuff whenever necessary. I'll probably have to shave some time off of the longer meetings, though..." Then her attention turned to Lotus and Aster. "Who are you?" she asked.

Sabella smiled in satisfaction when Willow agreed, and then she slowly turned to Lotus and Aster. "Aw, Sabella, you didn't tell Willow who we were?" Lotus asked jokingly, chuckling. Then the girl responded to Willow warmly, "My name's Lotus. I'm a member of the high school's sports club. I specialize in taekwondo, and..."Lotus glanced at her brother with an arch grin. Aster looked at her for a moment and then smiled. He told Willow courteously, "My name's Aster, and I formed the sports club last year. I'm a master in archery and staff fighting, and I look forward to working with you, Willow."

Willow nodded again. "It's a pleasure to meet you," she said shyly. Then she said to all of them, "It's late, I have to get back home. I don't want my parents to know about this, so please don't tell them. They'd ground me for ten months if I told them I joined some crime fighting sports club..." Willow started gathering up her things again and hurried back home, occasionally shooting glances at dark allyways or side streets.

When Willow hurried away, Lotus shot a mischievous glance at Aster. "It would be hilarious if we told her parents," she laughed. His turquoise eyes dimmed and he responded coldly, "This is why people don't want to join the club." "You can be really irritating sometimes," she said quickly, crossing her arms. "Why do you always feel like arguing?"Sabella laughed tensely and pushed them apart. "How about we all just go home, huh? I'll call my parents, and you two can go teleport or somethin'."

BIC: "Hi, Willow!" Tam walked up cheerfully to Willow in the High School. "What are you doing here? Did you decide to join the club?"Yes," Willow responded. She decided to let Aster, Lotus, and Sabella break it to Tam as they walked into the room.

BIC: Sabella roughly swung the door open and breathed heavily, tossing her backpack onto a random desk in the classroom. She apologized, "I'm sorry I'm late!!" When she realized that Tam and Willow were the only ones in the room, she sighed in relief and said, "Thank goodness Aster and Lavender aren't here.""Who said we're not here?" Aster suddenly asked from behind Sabella.Sabella spun around and then stammered, "U-Um, we need to explain that information to Tam. Where's Lotus and Lavender?""They'll be here," he replied amiably. Then he turned to Tam and promptly explained, "I believe that you don't understand what being a part of our sports club really means. We don't just do sports and stuff--we fight crime with our talents, and we can be injured. Oh, and you'll have to spend a lot of time working."

Tam gaped at them. "Um...why didn't you tell me this earlier?" he half demanded, half stuttered. Willow gave a bit of a pained look and then replied," Erm...I didn't know either when I declined their invitation. Please don't freak out!"Tam spluttered, "I'm not freaking out. This is cool. This is cool!" He sounded only half sure, as if he was looking for confirmation that this was cool.

OOC: okay this is kind of random but when do you think aster should reveal his creepy secret??

BIC: Sabella looked at Aster with accusing eyes. She asked with a grin, "Yeah, why didn't you tell him earlier?""I didn't even meet him earlier--and why is it my fault?" Aster questioned in slight bewilderment.She patted him on the back and laughed delightedly, "Cause you're a boy. Now answer him." Aster exhaled and responded honestly, "We've found that telling new members this during an actual meeting is better than telling them at first."Sabella glanced at Tam and assured him, "And it's cool."

BIC: Tam nodded eccentrically. "Yeah," he half mumbled. Willow laughed at Sabella's response to Aster's question. "What do we do during this meeting, though?" she inquired. "Also, how do we upgrade the super dangerous ribbon and balls?"

OOC: I asked when, not "if we can." And do you want to know now or do you want to be surprised later??

BIC: Sabella stood still silently and then gazed at Aster. She mumbled under her breath, "Answer the question.""Well, it's the first meeting, so we'll just have you new members introduce yourselves. You know, all that typical 'first day' stuff," he responded. "And [insert name here] is a genius with technology and inventions--he'll upgrade your equipment." "Wait for me!" a voice suddenly yelled from outside the door. An attractive senior burst into the room with a binder in her hand. Sabella muttered in vexation, "Oh, hello, Lavender."

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BIC: Lavender shot an angry glare at Willow and scoffed, "Who invited this anorexic brat? My name is Lavender!"Sabella looked down at the ground expressionlessly and thought to herself, I can't believe Aster and Lotus are friends with her..."Hey...! Lavender, why don't you sit down?" Aster suggested affectionately. She looked at him and then smiled. "Alright then." The girl took one last glance at Willow and then sat down, removing her field hockey jacket.

BIC: Willow looked offended for a second, then remembered how she and Sabella had gotten off to a bad start too. Maybe she's not so bad, Willow thought, just a bit gloomily. Tam looked unaffected by the entire thing. "Hi, Lavender! Do you play hockey? What are your weapons? And, you're not new, right?"

BIC: Lavender narrowed her eyes and muttered in response, "I play field hockey. I use a field hockey stick, and of course I'm not new!" She spun around and complained to Aster, "Why did you recruit these stupid freshmen?" Sabella stepped over to Willow with a dark expression on her face. She whispered almost soundlessly, "You might want to look out for Lavender. She's really rich and smart and pretty, but she's also really mean."

BIC: Willow's face darkened too. So my first impression was right, after all. "Thanks," she breathed lightly to Sabella. Then, with a straight expression on her face, she looked at Aster and, ignoring Lavender, she said a bit loudly, "Let's start with the introductions, shall we?"Tam didn't look one bit fazed at Lavender's mean spirited response. "Okay!" he chirped. "My name's Tam and I play badminton."

Willow said politely, "My name is Willow. I do rhythmic gymnastics. And, contrary to your belief, Lavender, I am not a freshman. I am a middle schooler, who apparently has better manners than the junior girl who was talking to me." She gave a serene smile to Lavender.